Alzheimer's disease, though named after Alois Alzheimer, had been previously described by at least half a dozen others[1] before Alzheimer's 1906 report which is often (wrongly) regarded as the first description of the disorder.

Norman's Law, proposed by Donald Norman, is a general restatement of Stigler's Law, "No saying or pronouncement is named after its originator." This law was named for Norman as an example of Stigler's Law.[10]

Prinzmetal angina: also known as variant angina, referring to angina (chest pain) caused by vasospasm of the coronary arteries. Described twice in the 1930s before being published by Prinzmetal in 1959.[12][13][14]